CVE-2003-0238

Published: May 7, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

The Message Session window in Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by spoofing the address of an ADS server and sending HTML with a -1 width in a table tag.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

icq mirabilis

On-prem

Communications / messaging-chat

n/a n/a

mirabiliscommercialCommunications

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0051.html

archives.neohapsis.com

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105216842131995&w=2

marc.info

http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=315&idxseccion=10

coresecurity.com

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Timeline

Published

May 7, 2003

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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